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           UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)                     Provenance
           Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1832-1834 and 1840-1842   The first: M. Nakazawa, Tokyo.
           Seven oban yoko-e prints from the series known as Uozukushi (An   The ‘lobster and two shrimps’ (one mounted on card): sold at
           Assortment of Fishes); the first and second of katsuo and sakura   Sotheby’s London, 26 April 1984, lot 108.
           (bonito and cherries), with two kyoka poems in the upper section,   The ‘seabream and Japanese pepper’ (one with better colour):
           signed Ichiryusai Hiroshige ga, the first with publisher’s seal Eijudo   sold at Sotheby’s London, 26 April 1984, lot 110.
           and censor’s seal kiwame, mounted on paper, the second, without
           the censor’s and publisher’s seals, mounted on card; the third and
           fourth of Ise-ebi and shiba-ebi (lobster and two shrimps), with two   262 *
           kyoka poems in the upper section, both with publisher’s seal Eijudo   UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)
           of Nishimuraya Yohachi, censor’s seal kiwame, signed Hiroshige   Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1840-1842
           ga, one mounted on card; the fifth, shimadai, ainame and nanten   Four oban yoko-e prints from the series known as Uozukushi (An
           (spotted bream, rock trout and nandina), no publisher’s seal, signed   Assortment of Fishes), each with a kyoka poem in the upper section;
           Hiroshige ga; the sixth and the seventh, two prints of tai and sansho   the first of amadai, ishimochi and wasabi (tilefish, ishimochi and
           (seabream and Japanese pepper), both with publisher’s seal Eijudo of   wasabi root), mounted on a card, 24.9cm x 36.8cm (9¾in x 14½in);
           Nishimuraya Yohachi, signed Ichiryusai Hiroshige ga; together with a   the second of akodai and sasa (red seabream and bamboo grass),
           facsimile of a black seabream, two small seabream and a Japanese   24.8cm x 36.6cm (9¾in x 14 3/8in); both with publisher’s seal
           pepper. The smallest: 24.8cm x 36cm (9¾in x 14¼in);    Yamasho of Yamadaya Shojiro, signed Hiroshige hitsu; the third and
           the largest: 26.4cm x 37.9cm (10 3/8in x 14 7/8in). (8).  fourth of suzuki, kinmedai and shiso (seabass, gold-eyed bream and
                                                             a perilla branch); both without publisher’s seal, signed Hiroshige ga,
           £1,000 - 1,500                                    25.5cm x 37.2cm (10in x 14 5/8in) and 23.7cm x 35.7cm
                                                             (9¼in x 14in). (4).
           JPY150,000 - 220,000
           US$1,300 - 2,000
                                                             £1,000 - 1,500
                                                             JPY150,000 - 220,000
                                                             US$1,300 - 2,000

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